A new third party tool called Siri0us has appeared that brings Siri Dictation (speech-to-text) to the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPod touch 4G. The add-on, which requires a jailbroken device, uses Nuance technology to work almost exactly like the dictation feature of Siri does to convert your speech to text. It’s accurate and initiated via the onscreen keyboard, but it does require an internet connection in order to work.

The developer of Siri0us noted that a bug exists that may effect some users during installation. The fix is simple:

If your iDevice keeps respringing, do not restore! Use a SSH tool to remove the /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AssistantServices.framework file.

Check out the video below of Siri0us in action from iDB:

UI elements of Siri0us are obviously different from the real Siri, and you won’t get any of the other Siri features, but if you want a similar implementation to just get your words into text, Siri0us should get the job done.

Update: Siri0us has been taken down.

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